Comments on: Removing Linoleum from Douglas Fir http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/01/12/removing-linoleum-from-douglas-fir/ Family, House, Home Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:58:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: michelle http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/01/12/removing-linoleum-from-douglas-fir/comment-page-1/#comment-48 michelle Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:45:17 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=125#comment-48 excellent advice, and good to know about keeping the stuff kind of damp. thanks for the heads up on that! excellent advice, and good to know about keeping the stuff kind of damp. thanks for the heads up on that!

]]> By: Shane http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/01/12/removing-linoleum-from-douglas-fir/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Shane Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:58:36 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=125#comment-44 Michelle: Yeah, I really love the simple window trim too. It is a lot easier to strip paint off of too compared to those fancy pants Victorian homes with their elegant woodwork and all. And yes, the stuff underneath is kind of tar-like to an extent. It isn't really sticky though, but that might be due to the age of it (I'd guess at least 40 years). My (uneducated) guess is that there is probably a bit of tar mixed in there judging on how well it was adhered to the floor. If yours is as old as ours, I'd recommend getting a mask rated for asbestos ($35-40 or so). I essentially sealed myself in the room while I worked on it with duct tape and drop plastic to keep the asbestos dust from getting into the living areas. It is also recommended (I did it to an extent) to keep the adhesive sprayed down with water to keep the dust down too. I used a heat gun to get the adhesive off, then threw it in a pile that I would spray down periodically to keep it damp. If you end up tackling this, I will warn you now it isn't fun, and it isn't easy. But please message me or email me if you have any questions. Hopefully your stuff isn't as stuck to the floor as mine. Good luck! Michelle: Yeah, I really love the simple window trim too. It is a lot easier to strip paint off of too compared to those fancy pants Victorian homes with their elegant woodwork and all.

And yes, the stuff underneath is kind of tar-like to an extent. It isn’t really sticky though, but that might be due to the age of it (I’d guess at least 40 years). My (uneducated) guess is that there is probably a bit of tar mixed in there judging on how well it was adhered to the floor. If yours is as old as ours, I’d recommend getting a mask rated for asbestos ($35-40 or so). I essentially sealed myself in the room while I worked on it with duct tape and drop plastic to keep the asbestos dust from getting into the living areas.

It is also recommended (I did it to an extent) to keep the adhesive sprayed down with water to keep the dust down too. I used a heat gun to get the adhesive off, then threw it in a pile that I would spray down periodically to keep it damp.

If you end up tackling this, I will warn you now it isn’t fun, and it isn’t easy. But please message me or email me if you have any questions. Hopefully your stuff isn’t as stuck to the floor as mine.

Good luck!

]]> By: michelle http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/01/12/removing-linoleum-from-douglas-fir/comment-page-1/#comment-43 michelle Mon, 02 Feb 2009 03:48:36 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=125#comment-43 oh! so glad to have found this...i have three rooms (kitchen, bath, spare bedroom) with something nasty like this down, so am hoping i can have as much success in taking it up. was the black stuff underneath kind of tar-like? sticky-ish? that seems to be what i have waiting for me beneath my tiles...fortunately all the rooms are small. :) i think you're the first other home i've come across who has similar window moldings! i do so love them. congrats on the work you've managed so far!! oh! so glad to have found this…i have three rooms (kitchen, bath, spare bedroom) with something nasty like this down, so am hoping i can have as much success in taking it up. was the black stuff underneath kind of tar-like? sticky-ish? that seems to be what i have waiting for me beneath my tiles…fortunately all the rooms are small. :)

i think you’re the first other home i’ve come across who has similar window moldings! i do so love them.

congrats on the work you’ve managed so far!!

]]> By: Shane http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/01/12/removing-linoleum-from-douglas-fir/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Shane Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:30:39 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=125#comment-25 Yeah, it is depressing. I'll hopefully put up a new post today of it post-linoleum as I have finally finished removing it all. Thanks for stopping by Yeah, it is depressing. I’ll hopefully put up a new post today of it post-linoleum as I have finally finished removing it all.

Thanks for stopping by

]]> By: Andrea http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/01/12/removing-linoleum-from-douglas-fir/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Andrea Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:39:32 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=125#comment-24 Wow...makes you wonder why in the world the did that? (putting linoleum over beautiful hard wood flooring. Wow…makes you wonder why in the world the did that? (putting linoleum over beautiful hard wood flooring.

]]> By: Christopher Busta-Peck http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/01/12/removing-linoleum-from-douglas-fir/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Christopher Busta-Peck Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:51:43 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=125#comment-14 As much as I tend to favor shopping locally, you might consider looking farther afield for your flooring, if you're intent on a really close match. I'm jealous of the great luck you had on the bathroom door. As much as I tend to favor shopping locally, you might consider looking farther afield for your flooring, if you’re intent on a really close match.

I’m jealous of the great luck you had on the bathroom door.

]]> By: Maya http://www.shaneandcasey.com/2009/01/12/removing-linoleum-from-douglas-fir/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Maya Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:18:53 +0000 http://www.shaneandcasey.com/?p=125#comment-12 We had the same challenge..., removing linoleum flooring off a perfectly fine wood floor. It was hard. Luckily there were some left over pieces in the attic to patch up where we had taken a wall down, not enough though. We had to mix and match, taking wood floor panels from places we didn't need, such as from underneath the fridge. We had the same challenge…, removing linoleum flooring off a perfectly fine wood floor. It was hard. Luckily there were some left over pieces in the attic to patch up where we had taken a wall down, not enough though. We had to mix and match, taking wood floor panels from places we didn’t need, such as from underneath the fridge.

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